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Noting before reading that 15mb of animated GIF's is not a great way for an article to make a first impression.

by nness 11y ago

bonobo3000 11y ago
With sufficient advances in NLP & ML, i dream that one day you will be replaced by a bot able to generate snarky comments about slow/mobile-unfriendly/ad-riddled webpages automatically.
- nness 11y ago
  Or better yet, Medium could place a warning that the user has uploaded files with a hefty file-size and how it could cause performance or data issues for their readers. What a bot would be better for is people complaining about people complaining. That'd knock out a good 50% of all HN comments.
  - bonobo3000 11y ago
    touche :p
  - coderdude 11y ago
    Speaking of culture, this comment reminds me of how other communities see HN. We seem to be unaware of our own culture while outsiders can see it quite well. - "Ad hominem" - Causation/correlation - Complaining about ads - Complaining about font color and size - Complaining - "This." (We pinched the laziest one-liner Reddit has to offer) - Anything regarding logical fallacies
    - nsomaru 11y ago
      Add: - confirmation bias - strawman - bubble or not - why disable mobile zoom?
- thecatspaw 11y ago
  its not like those gifs add anything of value which a still frame couldnt.
cooper12 11y ago
And in this case, their being gifs or images add nothing of value to the article. They're just quotes superimposed over faces with blinking text. Aesthetics over functionality.
- deleted 11y ago
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- atomlib 11y ago
  This whole article is something you would normally see on Tumblr. Also, I can't read text on GIFs, it's very unpleasant and makes me feel dizzy.
- BillyParadise 11y ago
  ie, Culture.
trdrake 11y ago
Not to mention the animations - jittery text on a grainy image - adds absolutely 0 useful information, does it at the expense of a huge download and a headache.
mesozoic 11y ago
Also they give me a headache so bonus points for that.

Noting before reading that 15mb of animated GIF's is not a great way for an article to make a first impression.

by nness 11y ago

Noting before reading that 15mb of animated GIF's is not a great way for an article to make a first impression.

With sufficient advances in NLP & ML, i dream that one day you will be replaced by a bot able to generate snarky comments about slow/mobile-unfriendly/ad-riddled webpages automatically.

nness 11y ago
Or better yet, Medium could place a warning that the user has uploaded files with a hefty file-size and how it could cause performance or data issues for their readers. What a bot would be better for is people complaining about people complaining. That'd knock out a good 50% of all HN comments.
- bonobo3000 11y ago
  touche :p
- coderdude 11y ago
  Speaking of culture, this comment reminds me of how other communities see HN. We seem to be unaware of our own culture while outsiders can see it quite well. - "Ad hominem" - Causation/correlation - Complaining about ads - Complaining about font color and size - Complaining - "This." (We pinched the laziest one-liner Reddit has to offer) - Anything regarding logical fallacies
  - nsomaru 11y ago
    Add: - confirmation bias - strawman - bubble or not - why disable mobile zoom?
thecatspaw 11y ago
its not like those gifs add anything of value which a still frame couldnt.

cooper12 11y ago

And in this case, their being gifs or images add nothing of value to the article. They're just quotes superimposed over faces with blinking text. Aesthetics over functionality.

deleted 11y ago
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atomlib 11y ago
This whole article is something you would normally see on Tumblr. Also, I can't read text on GIFs, it's very unpleasant and makes me feel dizzy.
BillyParadise 11y ago
ie, Culture.

trdrake 11y ago

Not to mention the animations - jittery text on a grainy image - adds absolutely 0 useful information, does it at the expense of a huge download and a headache.

mesozoic 11y ago

Also they give me a headache so bonus points for that.